Combined hair-clipper and hair-brush.



M. TANAKA.

COMBINED HAIR CLIPPER AND HAIR BRUSH.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE24| I916.

Patented 0011. 30, 1917.

a SHEETSSHEET 1 M. TANAKA.

COMBINED HAIR CLIPPER AND HAIR BRUSH. APPLICATION FILED JUNE 24| 1916.

1,244,172, Patented Oct. 30,1917.

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M. TANAKA.

COMBINED HAIR CLIPPER AND HAIR BRUSH.

APPLICATION FILED 1UNE24| 1918.

Patented Oct. 30, 1917.

3 SHEETSSHEET 3- nvemfoz Masao Tana/6n 415 3 fltmflqts Z/mJ/ M MASAO TANAKA, F NEW YOBK, N. Y.

COMBINED HAIR-CLIPPER AND HAIR-BRUSH.

Application filed June 24, 1916. Serial No. 105,648.

I To all whom it may concern: I

Be it known that 1,.MASAOTANA1KA, a subject of the Emperor of Japan, residing at New York, in the county and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Combined Hair-Clippers and Hair-Brushes, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to devices for clipping and brushing hair, wool, furs, etc., my moreparticular idea being to produce a device of this general type driven by power and provided with a few interchangeable parts so shaped and arranged that by changing them the apparatus can be used in one instance for clipping hair and in another instance for brushing the same, a pneumatic device being used in either instance forre moving loose hairs, dust, dandruii', etc.

My invention also contemplates improvements inthe clipping mechanism and in the means for conveying power to said clipping mechanism for the purpose of actuating the same.

My invention further comprehends means for supporting an electric lamp upon the clipping mechanism, and for facilitating the quick and easy control of said lamp by the operator while the clipping mechanism is either active or idle.

Reference is made to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this application, and in which like letters indicate like parts.

Figure 1 is a vertical section through the clipping mechanism and 'the pneumatic device, showing them as used together, this I section being on the line 11 of Fig. 5, looking in the direction of the arrows.

Fig.2 is a View of the dirt bag, showing the same partly in side elevation and partly as broken away,

Fig. 3 is a detail view, showing in elevation the front end of the exhaust passage.

Fig. 4 is a section on the line 44 of Fig. 1, looking in the-direction of the arrows.

Fig. 5 is substantially a plan view of the clipping mechanism and pneumatic device. Fig. 6 is a section on the line 6-6 of Fig.

1, looking in the direction of the arrows, and showing the cuttmg blade and parts immediately associated therewith.

Fig. 7 is a perspective of the rocking lever for actuating the cutting blade.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented @ct. so; 1917.

Fig. 8 is a section on the line 8-8 of Fig. 1, looking in the direction of the arrows.

Fig. 9 is a section on the line 9-9 looking in the direction of the arrows, and showing afan forming a part of the pneumatic device.

Fig. 10 is a view partly in side elevation and partly in section, showing the brush instead of the clipping mechanism used in connection with the pneumatic device.

Fig. 11 is .an elevation ofa part of the brush.

Fig, 12 is a fragmentary inverted plan of the brush.

A handle portion 13 having the form of a fiattened'tubular member with a cross section indicated in Fig. 4, is provided with a portion 14 bent slightly to one side as shown in Fig. 5, this portion having an open or flaring mouth 15.

A finger plate is shown at 16, and carries a number of fingers 17 integral with it and having the form of a row of teeth. The finger plate is carried by a supporting plate 16 to which it is secured by tongues 16 sunken into the upper face of the supporting plate. The supporting plate is provided with a tongue 16*, which is sunken into the lower face of the finger plate. The tongues 16* and 16 are held in position by fastenings 16 The supporting plate 16 has a heel-like reverting portion 18 provided with a hole 19, and extending upwardly from this reverting portion is a fiat portion 20, held by rivets 21 to the underside of the tubular member 21.

A sickle plate is shown at 22, and rests slidably upon the finger plate 16. The sickle plate is provided with a cross groove 23,

' and protruding into the latter are guide lugs 23. The sickle plate 22 is provided with a pair of guide slots 24, and extending upwardly through these slots are lugs 25 carried by the finger plate 16.

The sickle plate 22 is further provided with a notch 26. Extending into this notch is a head 27 carried by a rocking lever 28, which is journaledupon a pin 29, this pin being carried by the supporting plate 16 and rigid relatively to the same? i A. standard 30. is securedby a screw 31 to one edge of the supporting plate 16 and exaway from the supporting plate, and may be swung upward, in the direction indicated by the arrow in Fig. 8, upon the joint 30 as a center. This arrangement of the parts facilitates access to the finger plate and mechanism immediately associated therewith.

An adjusting screw 35 carries a leaf spring 36 swiveled thereto which presses upon the portion 14, the screw extending through the yoke 32. The operator, by turning the screw and thus adjusting the pressure of the spring 36 upon'the portion 14, can adjust the pressure of the guide lugs 23 upon the bottom of the guide groove 23. The playof the sickle plate 23 is thus easily ad- Justed with great nicety.

The lever 28 is provided with a recess 36 and with a pair of down-turned lugs 38, 38 disposed upon opposite sides of this recess. An eccentric 38 is provided with a stub shaft 39 integral with it, this stub shaft extend ing into a hole extending partially through the supporting plate 16. The eccentric is further provided with a hub 40, provided with a square hole 41. The reverting portion 18 of the supporting plate 16 is provided with an annular bearing 42. A flexible shaft 43 is provided with a cylindrical cord 44 having a square end portion 45 which extends into the square hole 41. R0- tation of the flexible shaft causes the eccentric 38 to turn, upon the axis of the stub I shaft 39 as a center, and by so doing rocks the lever 28 which causes the sickle plate 22 to slide back and forth. The purpose of the hole 19 is to give the eccentric 38 sufficient room in which to perform its eccentric rotary movement.

The flexible shaft 43 extends loosely through a pair of loop guides 46, 47 carried bythe handle portion 13.

A fan casing is shown at 48 and has generally the form of a flat disk-like box standing on edge. The casing is provided with an annular face 49, and engaging this face is a casing head 50. The annular face 49 carries a number of dowel pins 51, which extend through holes in the casing head.

The casing 48 is provided with outwardly extending posts 52, carrying a pair of pins 53, and journaled upon these pins are a pair of eye bolts 54. Carried by these eye bolts and revoluble relatively thereto are a pair of wing nuts 55. When the casing head 50' is in position upon the casing, the eye-bolts 54 extend through slots in the casing head, and the wing nuts engage and exert pressure upon the casing head, the dowel pins 51 holding the casing head in proper registry with the annular facing 49. y loosening the wing nuts 55 and swinging the eye bolts 54 outwardly, the casing head is'disconnected from the annular facing, or at least is rendered loose relatively thereto.

The casing head 50 is provided with a bearing 56, and covering this bearing is a spider 57. The casing 48 is provided with a bearing 58. A rigid shaft 59 is supported by the bearings 56, 58 and extends axially throughthe casing. A fan 60 is carried by theshaft 59, and revoluble therewith in the direction indicated by the arrows in Fig. 9. The shaft 59 and the flexible shaft 43 are connected together by a coupling 61, controlled by a screw 62. The ad acent ends 63, 64 of the shafts 59, 43, Where held together by this coupling, are cut away or flatfrom these sleeves and integral therewith are two conductors 68, and connected with these is a double cable 69. Another double cable 70 is held upon the handle portion 13 by guides 71, 72, this double cable being provided with pin-like end portions one of which appears at 73, to facilitate electrical connectionwith the sleeves 67 A hand switch is shown at 74, and an incandescent lamp at 75. A reflector 76 is provided for the lamp, the reflector having the form of a bent horn and held by fastenings 77.

Connected with the fan shaft 59, for applying power to it, is a flexible shaft 78. In practice the shafts 43, 59 and 78 may be regarded as a single continuous shaft.

The casing 48 contains a baflie plate 79 for directing the air, and is provided with a tubular portion 80.

A dirt bag is shown at 81 and is provided with asleeve 82 adapted to fit over the tubular portion 80. The dirt bag is provided with a spiral wire 83 to which, the bagis secured and whereby it is kept distended. The end of the bag has a shirred portion 84 held by a gum band or string 85 serving as a fastening. By releasing this fastening the bag may be opened and its contents removed at any time.

By loosening the screw 62 and the wing nuts 55 I can remove the casing head 50, and parts carried thereby, from the casing. In doing this the pin-like end portions .73

are withdrawn from the sleeves 67. This.

derstood from Figs. 10 and 11. The casing lee head 86 is provided with dowel holes 86 for fitting the dowel pins 51 and with slots 86 for. receiving the eye bolts 54:. The casing head 86 carries a hollow member 87 provided with a bearing 88 and with a belllike member 89. A brush 69, having the general form of a ring and provided with bristle tufts 90, is detachably fitted upon the bell-like member 89, which is provided with a slightly conical rim 91 upon which the brush is forced in order to cause it to hold. The brush does not rotate.

The operation of my device is as follows 1 Suppose the clipping mechanism is to be used. The parts are arranged as shown in Figs. 1 and 5, the double cable 69 is connected with a source of electric current, and power is applied to the shaft 78 so as to cause it to turn. The rotation of the shaft 78 and parts driven thereby causes the clipping mechanism to be thrown into action.

a The lamp 7 5 is used or not according to the condition of the switch 74. The rocking of the lever 28 causes the sickle plate 22 to move back and forth upon the ,finger plate.

The operator now grasps the handle portion 13, and presses the cutting mechanism into engagement with the hair or other material to be cut.- The rotationof the fan causes a draft of air to pass from the cutting mecha-' nis'1n,back through the fan to the dirt bag, and the loose hair and all dirt, dandruff, etc., removed with it are thrown into the dirt bag. 7

'If now, the casing head 50 and all. parts carried by it be removed, as above described,

the casing head 86 may be placed in its stead. In this event the device will appear 40' as indicated in Fig. 10. Thebristle tufts 90 are simply passed over the hair to be 0 elated u on and as the fan is in action al dandru dirt, etc., is removed and carried by the air current into the dirt ba I do not limit myself to the precise mec anism shown, as variations may be made therein without departing from the spirit of my invention, which is commensurate with my claims.

I claim 1. In a device of the, character described the combination of a casing, a fan located within said casing, a shaft extendingthrough said casing and supporting said fan, and a clipping device detachably connected to said casing, the connection between said casing and said clipping device comprising a pair of bolts mounted to swing upon the casing, a casing head carrying said clipping devlce and provided with slots through which said bolts may extend, wing nuts detachably fit- ,ting upon said bolts in order to holdsaid casing head upon said casing, and a flexible shaft connected to said clipping device for the purpose of actuating the same, said flex 1- ble shaft being detachably connected to said first named shaft and driven by the rotation through said casing so as to project out of said opening thereof, a casing serving to close said opening, a bearing carried by said casing head and adapted to. en-

.head removably fitted upon said casing and gage said shaft when said caslng head is in position upon said casing, fastenings for detachably' holding said casing, a tubular member carried by said casing head 'for di'- recting into said casing the air currents 1mand means'carried by I pelled by said fan, said tubular member for introducing thereinto refuse materials capable of being wafted by said air currents.

' MASAO TAN AKA. 

